Hello wvdek - yes, been busy over 26 years now, but was hand embroidering and knitting all my life then machine knitting for years inbetween patchwork - helping Camp Quality - cancer for children support group in Oz. Last year my daughter wanted to learn patchwork sewing so I then got into machine patchwork - all other quilts are hand pieced and quilted, exept m/c emb quilt-as-you-go was an eye opener, - the only drawback with machine piecing is the lack of money for fabrics to create every quilt we see when the machine churns them out so quickly!!!! Thanks for your feedback